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DBMS > 4D vs. Newts vs. Rockset vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Newts vs. Rockset vs. SQL.JS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comopennms.github.io/­newtsrockset.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.rockset.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
Developer4D, IncOpenNMS GroupRocksetAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release1984201420192012
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP RESTJavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on CassandraAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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